All great memories, FP.
In '75 I was 11 going on 12 in November, so I too recall the lack of technology. I remember being truly excited over being able to stay up late to watch these things air for the first time. As far as we knew back then, it would be the first and last time you ever got to see it.
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I happened to be sleeping in the basement of a sorority during that time, because to help pay my way for college, I took a job as a "houseboy" to a sorority (all girls) ...